Super Mario World Review | February 17, 2016Nintendo Exclusive Title

Super Mario World is a 2D action platformer. It was first released in 1990 for the Super Nintendo, SNES. It is in the same style as Super Mario Bros 3 and modern Mario games like New Super Mario Bros. Wii and New Super Mario Bros Wii U. It was a launch title for the SNES and you have the choice of playing in single player or two players. Bowser has moved on to an area called Dinosaur Land. Mario and Luigi set out to save this new area with a secret weapon, a new dinosaur named Yoshi. With this new friend by their side they will stop Bowser and rescue Yoshi’s fellow dinosaur’s one world at a time.

Super Mario Bros. 3 gave every gamer the perfect style of game play for 2D platformers and it is still used in modern Super Mario 2D platformers today. Super Mario World perfected the gaming style and gave it polish. That is why it could still be the greatest 2D platformer of all time. The key driving force is the introduction of Yoshi. Yoshi is a dinosaur that you can ride and use to attack. All of the worlds are more fun to play with Yoshi but many of them require you to have him. There are different color Yoshi’s and each color can give you special powers. Here is one example: A blue Yoshi can fly with any Koopa Troopa shell, while any color Yoshi can fly if you find if you find a blue Koopa Troopa shell. There are different combinations that give you powers that you will enjoy and in some cases need to get through or unlock hidden worlds. The only levels you can’t use Yoshi are the castles and the ghost houses but every other world try using him.

There are 96 total levels in the game and 76 hidden exits that lead to secret levels. This where the new powers up come into play and your new friend Yoshi. If a world has a yellow dot as it map marker that means there is only one exit but if it has a red dot it means there is a secret key somewhere that leads to a hidden exit. These exits not only gives you more worlds to explore they can also lead to special areas that help you create more bricks to get through areas easier. There are bricks that are outlined all through the game but not filled in. If you find all of the switches then you will have an easier way through the levels, find hidden keys and in some cases boxes to get more power ups like fireballs and the new Super Mario cape that lets Mario fly and float slowly to the ground.

It took us around the 10 to 12 hour mark to find all of the hidden worlds and get through them. We took the time to explore and find all of the hidden exits. We only looked up how to find three of them. Don’t be surprised it takes 15 to 20 hours through; Super Mario World is very challenging. Currently this Super Nintendo classic has sold over 20 million copies. It is so well liked and the demand is still so high it has been released five times. Super Nintendo in 1991, Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World bundle in 1994 SNES, Game Boy Advanced renamed Super Mario Advance 2 and finally on Virtual Console for Nintendo Wii in 2006 and then for the Wii U in 2013. Super Mario World is an easy buy at $7.99 even if your Super Nintendo or Game Boy Copy still works. You are stuck with that price we don’t remember if it has ever gone on sale of if it ever will. If you have never played the game then you need to it is so good that it will be appealing to any type of gamer regardless of age or what type of games you like. IT’S THAT GOOD!